You should be able to earn 13.89 dollars a day conservatively.
If you can do 300-400 a day with 50K you should have a few trillions in no time.
If you can do 300-400 a day with 50K you should have a few trillions in no time.
Quote from dalen:
lol oh please.. Very fortunate? Do you actually trade? Not invest, trade. I agree most don't succeed at it, but those who know the game and use leverage to their advantage can easily push bigger numbers than 300-400 a day. With a 50k account trading ES I can push 800 a day, and that's being conservative.

Quote from 1a2b3cppp:
Sure, it's possible.
You can make $300-400 a day trading one futures contract in an account with $10 or $20k. I mean actual trading, not SCT fake trading 3x-daily-range-profit jack hershey "trading".
I don't understand how people can screw up the math so badly.
The problem is coming up with a system that works well.
It's not like you NEED $50k in order to make $400 per day.
The only way I could see it being the case that you NEED $50k in order to make that much money is if you're averaging down and you NEED $50k in drawdown in order to average out to your $400 per day.
But if you subscribe to the idea that you can make $300-400 a day trading one contract (no scaling, no averaging down), then all you really need is $5 or $10k to cover the margin and you're fine.
But nobody wants to admit that's possible. They need $200k in their account to make $400 per day because they use weird ass scaling methods that require huge margins.
Finally, it's not about PERCENTAGE. It drives me nuts when people mention this.
Assume two traders: one has a $10k account, one has a $50k account. They each trade 1 contract. They each make $300 a day for a week. They each made $1,500. They each did exactly the same performance. % is irrelevant.
Quote from l2tradr:
Why is almost everyone bringing up compounding... ffs, no one is saying that you can compound gains forever at a high rate, yet that argument keeps creeping up....you'll have a billion in 198 weeks, blah blah blah...what, you can't conceive the possibility that someone can actually net an average of 15 cents a day trading 2 contracts of CL for example WITHOUT COMPOUNDING? Not every day, but on average? I'm not *I* can or do (I don't trade CL) but I can certainly conceive that some people, maybe 1-2%, can...
P.S. NOT COMPOUNDING CONTRACTS![]()
Quote from increasenow:
honest question...am I the only one that really and truly thinks this is a totally crazy question to be asking with a $50k account? I can see this kind of question with a $2k account but $50k?
Quote from l2tradr:
Why is almost everyone bringing up compounding... ffs, no one is saying that you can compound gains forever at a high rate, yet that argument keeps creeping up....you'll have a billion in 198 weeks, blah blah blah...what, you can't conceive the possibility that someone can actually net an average of 15 cents a day trading 2 contracts of CL for example WITHOUT COMPOUNDING? Not every day, but on average? I'm not *I* can or do (I don't trade CL) but I can certainly conceive that some people, maybe 1-2%, can...
P.S. NOT COMPOUNDING CONTRACTS![]()
Quote from jack hershey:
Those who state or imply compounding are not in the business of trading.
People sweep axcess profits form accounts and put hem in largr capacity markets.
No one makes a fixed amount per day on a trading equity curve. Why that is also unknown to these types is kinda silly.
What is with the OP? Does he also fall into the ignorant category?
Quote from asiaprop:
why not? You would be dumb if you did not compound. If you can average 1-2% a day (LOL) then you should definitely max out the edge.
Quote from l2tradr:
You obviously didn't read what I said. I don't know, some don't like big swings in their P&L, maybe more conservative by nature, maybe their edge is very tiny, they're paying off a mortgage and don't want to increase risk, who gives a shit why they don't compound...